Chris Rhodes is a photographer and reporter for RiverBender and EdGlenToday.com. He is a graduate of Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, IL with a degree in Criminal Justice. He also runs the Madison County Scanner Page.
Chris loves camping,fishing, and photography. Chris is an Eagle Scout and lives in East Alton.
BETHALTO - Special Olympics competition is always inspirational and despite the rain Saturday morning, organizers of a Bethalto event took the group inside. Participants took part in the long jump, shot put, with softball because inside, a 100-yard run, bag toss, and a variety of carnival...
BETHALTO – Two traffic crashes occurred today near the intersection of Routes 140 and 111, and the junction of Route 140 and I-255, one of them fatal. Bethalto Police Chief Craig Welch said the first two-vehicle crash resulted in one fatality with three other people being taken to the hospital....
ALTON - A Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Godfrey first-grader - Sam Herring - had a special moment early Friday morning as he came to school on a Godfrey fire truck. Sam’s mom, Jan, won the prize of a ride on the fire truck to school at a recent trivia night to benefit an effort...
ALTON - A serious traffic crash occurred around 3 p.m. near the College Avenue and U.S. Route 67 intersection in Alton. First responders were on the scene quickly assisting those involved in the crash. One of those injured in the accident was set to be airlifted from OSF Saint Anthony's Health...
GODFREY/ALTON - A youth being transported to the hospital attempted to flee from an ambulance but was ultimately safely detained and taken to a medical facility, Madison County Sheriff’s Capt. Will Dimitroff said at noontime Thursday. The juvenile was taken from Alton High School with a medical...
ROXANA - The Illinois Department of Transportation announces Illinois Route 111 will be closed to all traffic between Madison Avenue/Hawthorne Street and Rand Avenue in Roxana beginning at 7:00 a.m until 7:00 p.m on Saturday, April 27, 2019. This closure is needed to perform work on an overhead pip...
TROY – Edwardsville’s boys track team had very good performances as the Tigers won the Madison County Large School Championships Tuesday afternoon at Triad High School in Troy, winning the meet with 137.16 points. The Tigers outdistanced Collinsville, who finished second with 116....
TROY – The Alton and Edwardsville girls track teams finished in the top two spots of the Madison County Large School Track Championships on Tuesday at Triad High School, with the Redbirds winning the meet with 167 points, and the Tigers coming in second with 145 points. The host Knights...
TROY - Edwardsville's Abby Korak is off to literally a scorching start in the distances this season. In the past two meets, she has established school records. She blazed through the field in the Madison County Large Schools Girls Meet Tuesday at Triad with a time of 11:04.05. She cracked...
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